Armaan (2003 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Armaan


caption = Movie poster for "Armaan"
director = Honey Irani
producer = Dinesh Gandhi
writer = Javed Akhtar
Honey Irani
narrator =
starring = Amitabh Bachchan
Anil Kapoor
Preity Zinta
Gracy Singh
Randhir Kapoor
music = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
cinematography = S. Ravi Verman
editing = Shirish Kunder
distributor =
released = 16 May2003
runtime = 160 mins
country = India
language = Hindi
budget =
gross =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
website =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0331851

"Armaan" (Hindi: अर्मान, Urdu: ارمان English: "Desire") is an Hindi-Urdu Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Gracy Singh, and Randhir Kapoor. The film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival. This is the first time for Preity Zinta to play a vampish role. She received a Filmfare nomination for Best Villain.

Plot

The film is about Dr. Siddharth Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan) and his son Dr. Akash Sinha (Anil Kapoor). Both work in the same hospital founded by Siddharth. Siddharth wishes to run a state of the art hospital but his work and profession means he dedicates his time to his patients.

Soon enough Dr. Neha Mathur (Gracy Singh) walks into Akash's life and they eventually fall in love with each other. Eventually Siddharth dies and Akash sets on to fulfill his father's dream. The arrival of Soniya Kapoor (Preity Zinta) changes everything between Neha and Akash. Soniya is a rich, arrogant woman who is used to having things her own way and it isn't long before she wants Akash for herself. She decides that since Akash is the man for her, she can latch on to him by literally 'buying' his love through financial agreement. The agreement states that on marrying Soniya, her father Gulshan Kapoor (Randhir Kapoor) will help finance the hospital project.

Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan ... Dr. Siddharth Sinha
* Anil Kapoor ... Dr. Akash Sinha
* Preity Zinta ... Soniya Kapoor
* Gracy Singh ... Dr. Neha Mathur
* Randhir Kapoor ... Gulshan Kapoor

Crew

* Director: Honey Irani
* Screenplay: Javed Akhtar
* Story: Honey Irani
* Dialogue: Javed Akhtar
* Producer: Dinesh Gandhi
* Music: Shankar Mahadevan, Loy Mendonsa and Ehsaan Noorani
* Cinematography: S. Ravi Verman
* Editor: Shrish Kunder
* Art Direction: Kiran Khanna and Yunas Pathan
* Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
* Costume Design: Arjun Bhasin
* Production Designer: Chetana Prabhu

Reception

Armaan was a highly anticipated 2003 release mainly due to its cast. The film upon release met with mixed critical reviews. The films production and performances were lavishly praised. Most of the praise was directed towards Zinta for her villainous turn. [cite web|author=Bariana, Sanjeev Singh|title=Preity Zinta all the way|date=May 18, 2003|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030518/cth2.htm#7|publisher=The Tribune|accessdate=2008-02-01] The film however received a fair share of bad reviews as well. The storyline was criticized of being derivative of the popular Star Plus serial Sanjeevani, also a love triangle set against the backdrop of a hospital. The film finally performed poorly at the box office

Music

Infobox Album | Name = Armaan
Type = Album
Artist = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy


Released =

April 4, 2003 (India)
Recorded =
Genre = Feature film soundtrack
Length =
Label =

T-Series
Producer = Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | Reviews =
Last album = "Ek Aur Ek Gyarah"
(2003)
This album = "Armaan"
(2003)
Next album = "Kuch Naa Kaho"
(2003)
The movie soundtrack contains 8 songs composed by the award-winning trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Lyrics by Javed Akhtar.

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0331851|title=Armaan